Surname Reference

This is not a comprehensive surname index. The intent of this page is to provide some simple aid to individuals wishing to link their genealogy to ours. For each surname the most recent dead ancestor with the surname and the oldest ancestor (so far as research has found) with the surname is listed. There may be multiple entries for a given surname in cases where multiple lines are found with the same surname. Whenever the individual has been entered into this wiki already, the name will be linked. Some date and place (approximate, estimated, or exact) may occasionally be included. In cases where the individual is not linked, the data on the individual may still be found by referring to the HTML dump of the more comprehensive PAF file at http://www.smcox.com/genealogy/.

Surname Table

Surname	Most Recent	Oldest	Origin/Meaning
Cason	Helen A. Cason	Thomas Cason, b. Abt. 1604, England	English - "Son of Kay/Case/Cass"
Castillo	Jose Angel Castillo Castillo	Elias Castillo, b. Abt. 1850	Spanish - "Castle"
Click	Barbara Click	Bartholomaeus Gluck, Sr., b. Abt. 1617, France	Americanized < Jewish (Ashkenazic), "Glick" < German, "Gluck" - "Luck"
Cox	Marvin Luther Cox	William Cox, b. 1740/1750, Virginia	English/Irish - various possibilities
Daugherty	Dorcus Ann Daugherty	Cornelius O'Dochartaigh, b. Abt. 1440, Ireland	Irish - "Hurtful", "Disobliging"
Edwards	Thomas John Edwards	Ms. Edwards b. Abt. 1820, England	Saxon - Son of Edward (Happy Keeper)
Frost	Mary F. Frost	Gabriel Frost m. 17 Dec, 1829	Americanized < Welsh (Ffrost) - a "brag"
Gallinger	Thomas Joseph Gallinger	Michael Gallinger Sr., b. Abt. 1725, Ontario	German - habitational name for someone from Galling in Bavaria or from Gallingen in East Prussia (crest information)
Garcia	Blanca Mercedes Garcia Figuera	Manuel Garcia Bastardo, b. Abt. 1900, Of Venezuela	Spanish < Latin (Garsea) - Uncertain origin (Perhaps from Basque, "Bear")
Gray	Belinda Jane Gray	William Tell Gray Sr., b. Abt. 1808, Virginia	Scottish - A town in Burgundy, France, on the banks of the Saone. Rollo, Chamberlain to Robert, Duke of Normandy, received from him the castle and honor of Croy, in Picardy, whence his family assumed the name of De Croy, afterward changed into De Gray.
Harris	Katherine Arnetta Harris	William Clint Harris, b. 19 Jul 1827, North Carolina	English, Welsh - Son of Henry/Harry (Home Ruler)
Heck	Mary Maxine Heck	Peter Heck, b. Abt. 1750, Possibly Maryland	various possibilities
Ivey	Dorothy Langdon Ivey	Henry Ivey I, b. Abt. 1675, Virginia	English < Norman - habitational name from Ivoy in Cher, northern France
Janes	Parthenia Elizabeth Janes	Samuel Janes, b. Abt. 1834, South Carolina	English - Son of Jane
Jones	Mary Anne Jones	John Jones, b. Abt. 1792, England	Hebrew - Son of John
	Fred Wallace Jones	George S. Jones, b. Abt. 1845, Kentucky
Langdon	Sarah Langdon	Sarah Langdon, m. 1820, Wales	English - "Long Hill" Generic Habitational Name
Lasey	Nancy E. Lasey	Samuel Lasey, b. Abt. 1810, Pennsylvania
Livingston	Esther Livingston	Adam Douglas Livingston, Sr., b. Abt. 1789, Pennsylvania	Scottish, Irish, or Jewish
	Catherine Livingston
Lowe	William Rawdon Kendull Lowe	Samuel Lowe, m. 9 Sep 1813, Kentucky	English, German, or Ashkenazic
Miller	Luella Emma Miller	Rudio Miller, b. Abt. 1775, Germany	Americanized < German (Müller) - "Miller" Occupational Name
Richardson	Mabel Elizabeth Richardson	Mabel Elizabeth Richardson This surname adopted by father, who was originally an Edwards.	English - Son of Richard ("Of a Powerful/Rich Disposition")
Saunders	Mary Ann Saunders	Eli Saunders, b. Abt. 1820, Tennessee	English, Scottish - "Son of Saunder" ("Saunder" < "Alexander")
Shoup	Jammima Shoup	Martin Schaub, b. Abt. 1700, Switzerland	German - "sheaf or wisp of straw", a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a sheaf of grain for a licensed brewer, or perhaps a nickname for a scrawny person or someone with straw-colored hair
Sinierd	Mary Sinierd	James Sinyard, b. Abt. 1809, Georgia	English < French ("Segneur") < Latin ("Senior") - "Lord" (crest information)
Skidmore	Oda Skidmore	Robert Skidmore, b. Abt. 1463, England	Cornish English - Broad Shoulders, Partition Wall, or other. (crest information)
Tetrault	Mary Elizabeth Tetrault	Jacques Tetrault, Sr., b. Abt. 1825	French
Wentz	Emmarene Wentz	Peter Wentz, b. Abt. 1720	German - from a pet form of the personal name Werner, or from a short form of the Slavic personal name Wenceslaw